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ThebookreviewofUncleTom’scabinRecently,Ireadabooknamed“UncleTom’scabin”.Like“TheCatcherintheRye”,itisthesecondtimeformetoreadit.ButIfirstreaditwhenIstudiedinprimmaryschool.Onthatmoment,Ireaditjustforspendingtime.Butnow,whenIreaditagain,Ifeltsomecomplexemotionsinthisnovel.Iamanadultnow,andindifferentagesIhavedifferentfeelings.SlaveryandCivilWarremainwithusasthemostdisturbingissuesinAmericanhistory.Therefore,whenmentioningthem,wecannotforgetthatthereissuchapersonwhowasoncegreetedbyAbrahamLincolnas“thelittlewomanwhowrotethebookthatmadethisgreatwar”.ThiswomanistheauthorofUncleTom’sCabin,HarrietBeecherStowe.AndthiswaswhyIwantedtoreadthisnovel.UncleTom’sCabinisoneofthemostfamousbooksintheworld.Thebookissofamous,accordingtotheintroductionwrittenbyAlfredKazin,thatpeoplearecapableofdescribingsomeoneasan“UncleTom”ora“SimonLegree”withoutrememberingthattheyhaveneverreadUncleTom’sCabin.Therefore,IcannothelpreadingthibookagaintogetadeepunderstandingofUncleTomandthoseAmerican-bywordfigures.PiousoldUncleTomissoldbyhiswell-intentionedKentucyownerMrShelbyinfinancialstraits.HeisboughtfirstbytheidealisticAugustineStClare.InhisNewOrleanshouse,UncleTommakesfriendswithStClare'sdaughter,thesaintlyLittleEva,andherblackfriend,theimpishTopsy.'Neverwasborn!'persistedTopsy...'neverhadnofather,normother,nornothing'.Iwasraisedbyaspeculator,withlotsofothers.'Evadiesinahighlysentimentaldeathscenefromaweakenedconstitution,andSt.Clareiskilledinanaccident.TomissoldtoSimonLegree,aYankeeandabrutalcottonplantationowner.Twoofhisfemaleslavespretendtoescapeandgointohiding.TomwillnotrevealtheirwhereaboutsandLegreebeatstheunprotestingTomtodeathjustbeforeShelby‘ssonarrivestoredeemhim.Infact,whenIreadthisbook,Icouldn’tcontrolmyselfandIwascrying.UncleTom,thetitlecharacter,wasinitiallyseenasanoble,long-sufferingChristianslave.SometimesIfeltpityforTom,butactually,Ibelievethatweshouldfightforfreedom,forequalandforourhonour.Ashuman-bing,weshouldliveforourselves,notforothers.TheexperiencesofTommademethinksomuch